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121. How Do I Prevent CHKDSK From Running
Every Time My PC Starts

When your PC shuts down without warning or
it has to be shutdown because of problems you may
find, that on rebooting, the AUTOCHK application
will start up and check your disk for errors. This
can be tiresome, particularly if it occurs every
time you boot your machine. To disable this feature
do the following.

Click the Start Button.

From the Start menu click Run.

In the Run dialogue box type: cmd.

The command prompt window will now open.

In the command prompt window type: fsutil
dirty query c: (If you have a dual boot
system then replace the C: drive letter with the
relevant drive letter you have been having problems
with).

Press Enter.

The response from the file system utility will
probably be that the disk is 'dirty'.

Now type: CHKNTFS /X C: into
the command prompt window and press
Enter. (If you have a dual boot
system then replace the C: drive
letter with the relevant drive letter you have been
having problems with).

The X parameter, in this
case, tells windows not to check the disk in
question.

Next manually re-boot your
pc.

You should now find that CHKDSK
does not run on the selected drive.

Once you have confirmed that CHKDSK
does not run and your PC has fully booted click
Start>Run again and type
cmd.

In the command window now type: chkdsk /f/r c: and press
Enter.
Again replace the C: (If you have a
dual boot system then replace the C:
drive letter with the relevant drive letter
you have been having problems with).

After the drive has been scanned type:
fsutil dirty query c: and press
Enter.